Floor Lamps
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Slovak Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
1930s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1940s Italian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Travertine, Brass, Copper
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Copper
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome, Metal
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome, Iron
Mid-20th Century French Floor Lamps
Linen, Rope
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Brass
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1960s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
1930s Italian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Plastic, Wood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Steel, Chrome
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass
1960s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century British Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s Finnish Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1930s Italian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Aluminum, Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Murano Glass
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Fabric
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum, Chrome
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1930s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Floor Lamps
Nickel
1960s European Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Chrome
1940s European Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1940s European Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s French Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
1960s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Murano Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Cotton, Lacquer
1950s French Louis XVI Vintage Floor Lamps
Giltwood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Murano Glass
Mid-20th Century French Hollywood Regency Floor Lamps
Marble, Bronze
Antique, New and Vintage Floor Lamps
The modern floor lamp is an evolution of torchères — tall floor candelabras that originated in France as a revolutionary development in lighting homes toward the end of the 17th century. Owing to the advent of electricity and the introduction of new materials as a part of lighting design, floor lamps have taken on new forms and configurations over the years.
In the early 1920s, Art Deco lighting artisans worked with dark woods and modern metals, introducing unique designs that still inspire the look of modern floor lamps developed by contemporary firms such as Luxxu.
Popular mid-century floor lamps include everything from the enchanting fixtures by the Italian lighting artisans at Stilnovo to the distinctly functional Grasshopper floor lamp created by Scandinavian design pioneer Greta Magnusson-Grossman to the Paracarro floor lamp by the Venetian master glass workers at Mazzega. Among the more celebrated names in mid-century lighting design are Milanese innovators Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, who, along with their eldest brother, Livio, worked for their own firm as architects and designers. While Livio departed the practice in 1952, Achille and Pier Giacomo would go on to design the Arco floor lamp, the Toio floor lamp and more for legendary lighting brands such as FLOS.
Today’s upscale interiors frequently integrate the otherworldly custom lighting solutions created by a wealth of contemporary firms and designers such as Spain’s Masquespacio, whose Wink floor lamps integrate gold as well as fabric fringes.
Visual artists and industrial designers have a penchant for floor lamps, possibly because they’re so often a clever marriage of design and the functions of lighting. A good floor lamp can change the mood of any room while adding a touch of elegance to your entire space. Find yours now on 1stDibs.